Review of Tomb Raider (2018) by Davrosdaleks1 — 17 Mar 2018
Solid action flick.I'm surprised this film got a lot of weak reviews from professional reviewers.
Script made sense and kept me interested. Fun action sequences. They tried some neat new things here: an action sequence involving a ladder, a tomb trap, and the revelation of the what the prize they're searching.
Vikander and the rest of the cast all do a good job. (Surprised they got Derek Jacobi for a minor role that anyone could have played.) I heard complaints that Walton Goggins didn't play a more magnetic antagonist like he did in any films. However, I think this spoke to his ranger. I though it was a nice change of pace to play a nasty, desperate man who attempts to put on a thin veil of normalcy.
Camerawork was interesting. They went with a Daniel Craig-James Bond shaky-cam/psuedo documentary feel to it which I felt made the film feel more grounded than some action movies without making the film feel like it was trying too hard to be realistic. The nighttime and cave scenes were too dark, though.
This review of Tomb Raider (2018) was written by Davrosdaleks1 on 17 Mar 2018.
Tomb Raider has generally received mixed reviews.
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